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Date:      Fri, 18 Feb 2000 17:59:17 -0500 (EST)
From:      David Gilbert <dgilbert@velocet.ca>
To:        Chris Piazza <cpiazza@jaxon.net>
Cc:        David Gilbert <dgilbert@velocet.ca>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ipv6 default in current ports?
Message-ID:  <14509.52933.883241.459866@trooper.velocet.net>
In-Reply-To: <20000218145710.A831@norn.ca.eu.org>
References:  <14509.50981.963519.987797@trooper.velocet.net> <20000218145710.A831@norn.ca.eu.org>

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>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Piazza <cpiazza@jaxon.net> writes:

Chris> On Fri, Feb 18, 2000 at 05:26:45PM -0500, David Gilbert wrote:
>> I've come up against a number of ports lately assume IPv6 support
>> if you're running:
>> 
>> .if ${OSVERSION} >= 400014 CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --enable-ipv6 .endif
>> 
>> ... I don't see INET6 in my GENERIC kernel.  This affects at least
>> net/mtr and lang/ruby.
>> 

Chris> It doesn't need kernel support to build with ipv6 support.
Chris> Trying to use the ipv6 support without it in the kernel is the
Chris> only problem.

Well... ruby refuses to build with IPv6 if it's not enabled and mtr
dies with a "cannot open socket".

In escence, both ports (and possibly others) don't work in 4.0 without 
INET6 in your kernel.

Dave.

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